that was bradley cooper on "morning joe," talking about the director of the oscar-nominated film, "silver linings playbook." the movie has racked up a total of academy award nominations, including ones for best picture, best actor, best actress, and best director. and joining us now, director and screenwriter of "silver linings playbook," david o. russell. congratulations on so many levels. >> thank you, mika. >> so we're friends with bradley on the show and he's come on a few times. and i haven't always liked his movies. so i told him that. >> we're not on tv now, are we? >> no, we are. >> so he's the going to hear you say that. >> that's okay, he's good. but i told him i would see this, and i thought it was phenomenal. i thought he was phenomenal. and the more i think about the movie, and this is to me the sign of a great movie, is the better it gets, in your mind, when you think about the questions it raises in your mind, about people. and what i loved and i want to hear more about for you in terms of how you, why you did this, is that your main character is not necessarily -- doesn't